New York, United States of America, April 23, 2026, Chainwire
Threshold network announced today Verifiable Bitcoin Accounts (VBA)a new framework for institutional Bitcoin deployment, built on the same signatory infrastructure that has been working with Bitcoin for six years, has processed a total volume of over $5 billion and has not suffered any losses.
Verifiable Bitcoin Accounts is a Bitcoin Scripts and PSBT based account framework for institutional Bitcoin use. They define pre-authorized issuance paths, signatory combinations, time locks, and recovery routes upon account setup, allowing allocators to use Bitcoin-backed on-chain strategies while maintaining separate custody flows and verifiable settlement paths.
Your Bitcoin, your custody
BTC remains with the holder’s existing custody agreement. VBA is compatible with qualified custodians such as Anchorage and Fireblocks Trust, MPC-based custodian networks, and self-governing facilities. No transfer of ownership outside of their existing custody. The capital is held in a separate account, not pooled and can be identified at all times. The custody that the assignee already maintains governs each position assigned.
Designed for Bitcoin Finance
Institutional Bitcoin lending is accelerating and is expected to reach $90 billion by the end of 2026¹, Driven by stablecoin growth that reached $308 billion in early 2026 and is on track to exceed $1 trillion². As major platforms build proprietary lending stacks to meet demand, verifiable Bitcoin accounts transform any existing custody – qualified depository, MPC network or self-custody – into an institutional-grade lending infrastructure.
On-chain Bitcoin credit and yield markets rely on collateral that reliably settles across liquidation, maturity and repayment. Verifiable Bitcoin accounts are designed for this operational reality. with each settlement route agreed upon upon setup and enforced in the Bitcoin script.
For allocators who use Bitcoin extensively for on-chain lending, this is the guarantee that makes the product usable.
Bitcoin-level integration path
The foundation of every verifiable Bitcoin account is the Partially Signed Bitcoin Transaction (PSBT), which is supported by the following features:
- Consensus-based spending. Issuance conditions, recovery paths and time locks are written in Bitcoin Script and enforced by the same consensus mechanism that secures the Bitcoin network. Every acceptable outcome is predefined. Every state in the chain can be verified by every complete node.
- Multi-party controls. During the term of the agreement, no single company has unilateral authority over the capital employed. Not the custodian, not Threshold, not the depositor. Each move requires the predefined combination of parties specified for that position.
- Predefined recovery. If the signatory network is unavailable, the depositor will get the BTC back after a set time lock itself. No cooperation from the other party is required. The Bitcoin UTXO is the system of record.
- Whitelisted deployment. Capital is only deployed in risk-assessed, pre-approved on-chain lending and yield markets such as Aave, Morpho, Curve and Yield Basis. Every movement is restricted, auditable and aligned with institutional compliance requirements.
Signatory infrastructure Threshold Network, the protocol behind Verifiable Bitcoin Accounts, has been working with Bitcoin for six years, with a total volume of over $5 billion and zero losses. Verifiable Bitcoin accounts are an extension of this proven, existing infrastructure.
Verified, not just trusted
Institutional adoption of Bitcoin in on-chain markets does not depend on security alone. It is based on an independent review.
“Institutions don’t need additional layers of trust; they need systems in which outcomes are defined, enforceable and verifiable from the start. By removing dependence on counterparties, we bring Bitcoin onchain to the standards that institutional capital actually requires.” — MacLane WilkisonCo-founder of Threshold Network
Verifiable Bitcoin Accounts (VBA) Establish a new standard for institutional Bitcoin deployment: every component of the architecture can be verified before a single satoshi is committed.
Verifiable Bitcoin accounts are available to qualified institutional participants. To discuss the integration and explore deployment to approved on-chain locations, users can contact the team via: https://threshold.network/contact
About Threshold Network
Threshold network is the protocol behind tBTC, the trust-minimized Bitcoin bridge that has processed over $5 billion in total volume without losses in six years of mainnet operations. Verifiable Bitcoin accounts extend this infrastructure to institutional Bitcoin use, combining segregated custody, Bitcoin-enforced spending controls, and access to on-chain credit markets. For more information, users can visit www.threshold.network.
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